TruTV is Fake TV

Most TV shows are just entertainment and even the news can often be false, but TruTV, which uses a tagling of "Not Reality. Actuality.", is guilty of false advertising, deception and scamming people by hyping fake shows as "Actuality".

Consider the show "Operation Repo". While it can be entertaining, and while it may be based on true situations that have occured, the show itself is fake and badly faked at that. Many of the sitatuations are questionable, at best, but there are some scenes which prove that it is fake. One example is a scene in which Matt gets hit and falls to the ground. If you record the show with a good VCR or a DVR, you can see that the "punch" is to Matt's hand, a typical TV/movie stunt. Another scene is where Luis gets hit by a bottle and his arm is cut. The problem is that the bottle that he was "hit" with contained fake blood, as seen by the fake blood on the vehicle they are taking. Also, there is no cut on his arm and the studio section also shows fake blood on the hands of some of the people.

I have no problem with an entertainment show, but there should be a disclaimer by TruTV that this show is fake. Based on what TruTV is supposed to be, this show should not even be on TruTV since it does not match the tagline.

One someone lies, it is impossible to believe anything else that they say and this applies to TruTV. Due to this, I have to wonder how many of the other shows on TruTV are also fake. If TruTV wants to be honest, which I doubt, they should admit this scam and any other fake/staged shows (shows which do not match with what they claim to be).

I know, it is pretty obvious, but it seems like the concept of fake shows has become more popular. For some reason it seems that reality shows don't have enough reality to make it interesting, so the shows add fake content.

If you see a credit for writers at the end of a show, then you know it is fake.

I have heard though multiple sources that the Pastor's gun on "American Guns" was never sold or given to the person who it was claimed to have had it made. Quite clearly it seems there are issues with the show "Sons of Guns", which make it unclear how much is real and how much is made up for the show. I have also heard that the show "Auction Hunters" has "reality" issues, including claims what was being sold, which makes it unlikely that the item was actually found.

Take a look at the disclaimer at the end of "America's Court", it states that it is all fake, but I suspect that most people don't bother to read that. I guess the small claims court show has become popular, so someone decided that making up fake cases to hear in a fake court would have a good return on investment.

Clearly The Discovery Channel knows information about those who they have shows with. In this case, it appears that they don't care about reality and instead care only about profits.

There was a recent story about this on TMZ:

It seems that William Hayden does not actually seem to own Red Jacket Firearms. The listed officers are: Vincent Buckles, Joseph Meaux and Charles Watson. Vincent Buckles is the registered agent, although it was reported that he has left the company and seems to have founded his own company in November 2011, Mesa Kinetic Research LLC.

A search shows a "Red Jacket, Inc", which is active, but not in good standing for failure to file Annual Report and that lists William Hayden. There is also "RED JACKET INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C.", which lists William Hayden and seems to have been created on 06-Apr-2011. Stephanie Hayden is an officer of "RED STICK FIREARMS AND SHOOTING RANGE, L.L.C." and the registered agents, but it is listed as "Inactive" due to "Voluntary Action" as of 06-Jan-2009.

So why is it that the show represents people as just an employees? Is the LLC a fraud? Why is The Discovery Channel involved with such a company?

William Hayden owns the trademark, which was first used on 06-Apr-1999.

All of this can be confirmed at the Louisiana Secretary of State corporation search web page.